MEASURING HEAVEN
Oaptatn B. Sturk/oy, a measurer of veasali In the Boston Caatom Houao, hae been devoting his Uiouta to tho fi^ureu lv Revelation* In order to arriva at a measure ment of Heave a He tr-kae the atatcmeut iv Roveltulona xxl., and figures it oat thus :— ♦* And he measured tho olty with the reed 12,000 faciougs." The length and the breadth and tho height are equal. Twelve thonnand farlonßs— 7,92o 000 ft. oabed = 497,793,088,000,000,000 000* c Reserving one-half of this spice for the throne aod oontt of He* von, and onehalf the remainder /or atreota, we have 124,198,273,000,000,000,000 iooma. We will suppose the world did, »nd alwaya will, contain 900,000,000 tuhablUnte, and that a generation laid 31 1-3 years, n>«king m all 2,970,000,000 every oentry, and that tho world will atani 1 000 000 years, or 10,000 oantnrtea, 29,700,000,000,000 inhabltantß. Now, Bappoße there Rto 100 worlds like this eqnal m the number of Inh»bl^nt9 and duration of ye«ra, a total of 2,970,000,000,000,000 persono. there would be more than 100 rooms 16ft tquare, foe e»oh And evoay poraon.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2288, 23 November 1889, Page 2
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178MEASURING HEAVEN Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2288, 23 November 1889, Page 2
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